host summaryMarion Henry summarizing the discussion: Recent Pediatrics article shows Black children are more likely than white peers to die or have complications after surgery, making national newspaper headlines↗
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host summaryMarion Henry summarizing the discussion: African-American children are more likely to die after congenital heart surgery, neurological procedures, and experience delays getting onto kidney transplant lists and are less likely to receive transplants↗
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host summaryMarion Henry summarizing the discussion: African-American children are more likely to have complications from appendicitis, solid tumors, extremity sarcomas, and gastroschisis↗
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host summaryMarion Henry summarizing the discussion: The recent Pediatrics study looked at children who were all healthy (ASA 1 or 2) undergoing inpatient surgical procedures, eliminating the impact of poor baseline health, and race still had an impact with African-American children having higher risk of postoperative complications and mortality↗
